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Thursday, November 10, 2011

After leading the field at the 31st Korean Association of Film Critics Awards, the film 고지전 (The Front Line) by 장훈 (Jang Hoon) is poised to dominate the 32nd Annual Blue Dragon Film Awards (청룡영화상) too. It received eleven nominations altogether for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best New Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Lighting, Best Original Score, Best Art Direction, Technical Award and Best Original Screenplay. The story is about soldiers caught in a battle early in the Korean War despite the 1951 ceasefire. 고지전 (The Front Line) is the Republic of Korea’s entry to the Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category.

Following closely, 최종병기 활 (Arrow, the Ultimate Weapon or War of the Arrows) by 김한민 (Kim Han-Min) picked up nine nominations including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor. 써니 (Sunny) picked up eight nominations, while 도가니 (Silenced) picked up seven.

Presented by the newspaper Sports Chosun, the Blue Dragon Awards are one of the two main film awards in Korea along with the Grand Bell Awards. It was formed in 1963 by The Chosun Ilbo newspaper and discontinued in 1973. The sports daily Sports Chosun resurrected the ceremony in 1990 after which it has become an annual event.
This year's Blue Dragon Film Awards will be held at Kyunghee University in Seoul on Nov. 25, with 22 films will competing in 15 categories.